The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-12 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. A steady business is reported in discount circ'es, and the rates continue easy at 6,1 per cent, upwards according to the description of paper on offer. The prospectus has been issued this morning for a new Danish loan for £1,200,000 stock, bearing 5 per cent. interest. The particulars will be found in our advertising columns. The International Financial Society have invited s ubscriptions for a capital amounting to £1,000,000, in shares of £5O each, for the Anglo Italian Bank, introduced to the public with a highly influential direction, including Sir James Hudson, Baron Ricasoli, Mr. F. Doulton, M P., and others. The brokers are Messrs. Seymour and Co., and Messrs. Cazenove and Co. The objects of the undertaking are to extend financial operations between the two countries, and the development of the vast resources of Italy by means of increased monetary accommo dation. Banking institutions have hitherto been almost unknown in the new kingdom, and its Government have promised to encourage the P r oject. The commercial public are also expected to support it, as it must materially assist them in the extension of their enterprise at home and ab roa d . Th e s h ares have been quoted in the Stock Exchange this morning at 2!4 prem., b ut the latest prices are 11 I prem., and the com pany is viewed with much favour. About 82 , 0 00 sovereigns were withdrawn from thei)T3ank yesterd a y. 'ring the last few days there has been very littl e a nimation in the Foreign and Colonial Pro duce Markets. Sugar has been in limited favour, and holders still demanding full rates. For tea the inquiries have been of a retail character, while a better demand has sprung up for rice, chiefly for exportation. In the tallow market there has been a moder ate amount of business, at about previous I.4 tes, for both present and forward delivery. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris B ourse t o -d a y ( a cc o rding to Mr. Renter's telegram), the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 66f, 75c. 66f. 80c.—Inanimate. oA he avy tone has pervaded the English Stock arket t o - day, a decline of almost 1 per cent, hav g resulted from sales in consequence of the apprehension felt with regard to Continental politics. Consols, at the present moment, are 90 .1 i for transfer, and 911 for the account. Busi ness is very dull, and the market is therefore inac tive, as well as rather depressed. The New Threea and Reduced Annuities are 904 91; the 5 per Cents., 106 ; and Exchequer Bills, par ; India 5 per Ce nts. are well mai n t a i ne d at 1061 1 ; d o. 4 per Cents., 1001; the Enfaced 5 per Cents., 104 ; and the Booms , prem. Dulness is also the &lief characteristic of the Fotelgu Market, which h owever , i s a l so a little Weaker, Greek Bo n d s h ave rece d e d to 231 I— a 7ele; line of 1, and th e Coupons are * worse, at 104 erti 13ttnish Passiv e are d own 1 , at 331 1,-, and the zificates lat 131 ; Turkish Consolides are d e w" ' b eing 461 471; Mexican have been further noPreolated to the extent of 1, viz., to 351 36. The " tufederate Loan is nominally 37 394. be en usille " in the Rsilway Share Market has not .7e rY active, but in some instances prices have g ti etly .mproved. Great Northern, Great Western, 4 ' ha l , :kehir e and Yorkshire, and South Western North each advanced ss. ; while Great Eastern, (terW • as tern, Metropolitan, and North Eastern ick Th e pi \ "Ave declined ss. quest at 4 ° T . € l l and Colonial lines are in fair re ght depreciation on former prices. Ba n k - ' i tate d e and Miscellaneous Shares continue in mode te 612. a nd. London and County have declined Nty." gr and Orient a l Bank to 59. Anglo-Italian •kire e quoted 11 2 prem.; Mauritius Credit 1 to ; Contract 4tt Corporation 21 to 3 prem. ;and • 411 an Steam 2 to 21 prem. 1 0 0 2 4 1TISFI FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. a Per ',- . 413,1ExT FUNDS. 901 1 904 lt ! I);,,'ent, consols i 911 1 3 pe;is Account Feb. 4.... 91 901 NEW,, ant, Reduced 901 1 90k ~ Per Cent, Ist -w s'i per Cent. Cent Jan. 1891 — 6 O w 31 per . Annuities ..... APer Cent. Arnuities, Jan. 1873 A nities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan.., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. Ditto 5 pet Cent. 1870 Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent. par 4 pm Ditto £5OO , Ditto 4100 and £200 4 ' kik England Stk, 4i per Ct., last h°.-yr. 237 Itir, - I ndia 'elf uOVERNMENT SECURITIES. DittStock, 1874 o Account, ..................... D„itto 5 per Cent. July, 1870 ~,,u!tto 4 per Cent, 1888 lOOl -,1.tt0 Eufaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. — lOl VI I % 5 Per Cent., Jan. 1872 • • Ott bonds iil,ouo 'ttc under £l,000 11 „.,, PORE IGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ^ fcl' i4l l 5 per Cent 11!40,839 and 1859 . 14°— Cent,,,il per pe 1852-58-60 87 „,.t Ditto :1863 1 die t il l' e l to Scrip, 1863, £4:5 paid Oolotias Ayres 6 per Cent ul;, tu jall 6 Scrip £5O pd l-h• -1 " Per C t 44%6 ? il • , i)i ho ,Per Cent ,liall io , i Per Cent, lAt e i a ' ,1 Per Cent., 1863 •Sq u a 4 1 r C t , Ex. 12 Guilders - t bi t - to °t il t ve.Co e n n sOlidated. 1 per Cent — gvpti) Consolidated, Land Warrant 16- 0/ Dit o k l7 per Cent 1001 1 uree'k 4 ",leond Issue - .)itt o per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 7, 5 tittoLccount .................. ••.• Loa g Dit to . uPons 41144° Aeenunt kltkliattel,,alit 6 per Cent. em, - ,- Per Cent. (M aremmana Railway) ,Dittr,„"4,3 Per Cent 36- k I 6 51 i .1 Aece t eor, ) , , un _ New cr 4111Perial 5 per Cent „bitto ll T"a Per Cent. .... _u!t.to Deterred — I,Dato Land \V Dittorlaviki, ~ arrants (Hectares) _ bi 'Per Cent A ccount _ o 4 1 _ Ditt 2 Per eent 1862 l'imr:ec, Ac eotlllt .. " ii ...... _ Ditto, i aR:4 , 6 Per Cent., Ex, 25f p Ditto s e :.;:: ... ..... d pm ortno,4P ( 18 63) z 42 8 8 . 3d. paid •• • ' _ DDitto Ago Per Cent 1853 itto 3 4.11 t. ', Dtit.to Ateoet,,neetnt..:ii6;6:;77,*9; . '6O, 62'3 — 7l xt,„ '1•!-', 5cri,,7,,•; .... elan 6, ;' -',,s' Paid .. . Ditto 40i: '',,ent, 8 22: £St Ditto r 'eut 185, . B6l Ditto 3 her „ 1860 — . Ditt o 6 tijerk,ent., 1 859 nardinia4 ee'lt) 1 862 .. Ditto A c Per Cent .... ZitAeper eezit•...... S ditto 3 °1141 r. .. .. Ditto— p cellalt ......... 52 iii.i.o ,„isiv., .................... ....... t:tttot Accotui"t ........................... 331 ittotiee'llut ................................. _ 4a • e w Deferred ,ni t h e r ,_, , erred _ ~ Oitto AZ". of Coup not funded Wed/ t '"'-ount .. in i 1 T, ea 4 „•.................. Iritica'n Per k;ent. bitt o u p er Cent. 185 i .... Ditto Aount ... .. bitt 6 P e r Cent 185; ....... hitt° Ac count . . vitt,. 0. .{),„‘, Boucle .............. 71 ,076-4'.uu uitto Per Cent. 1869 Ditto Account ..... -. 67i i i bitt 4100 Bonds bi tt : 6,Per Cent. iidi ......... , it to Deb rauteed, 4 per Cent. lO3 2 yenez4c;i'enenturee, 4 per Ct., Oct,, 1863 — 4) itt o P__ 3 per Cent. .......... li, tqi0................... in — brenat Barites' tide" on the above payable London. 1142, 41 er Cent., Ex. 25f — • A 13410',Per Cent.,Ex. 12 Guil 1a6 ; ,, 't Per ent. Certificates Ditt o ' 9 Per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Accoutit.... .......... ~ .... 'Q,4 , r)i i t , THREE O'CLOCK. 044 "lerleY ...... 9 1 0 2 i 0 i teco _ 4. ................. . , a u ................. .. . ti verpool Cotton Market —This Day , 1 2 . At 4rk _ I mp ort et quiet. Sales probably about 3,000 bales: II -. . P reviously, 395. 1 ' 4 (1 (1 4 1 ' ) t`l4ies Hare have left town on a visit to tai 4 4 e c i ,', '4IY Proby, at Elton-hall, Oundle. 41 a ,'"Rht Hon: Sir George Grey, Bart., has (.; - "t)Nytt residence for the season at 109, Eaton-square. h 4 totei :°e a rr . tied the Hon. Mrs. Dudley Carleton 'otth , I ' l ° 4 in town from visiting Lord Broughton, at Ted- SHARE MARKETS,---This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOUB.S. Share! Railways. I Paid, Closing Business Price. done. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Boat.,Sleat.,and 111id.Oo Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall S 8j 8} 8i 84 f 6 120 121 7 7i Do A A gets no diN Do. B till Gp c.p an.ha, been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. iGreatEastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock 37 39 16 17 97 99 107 199 49 50 46 48 71 8} Ditto East Anglian 81 GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern........ Do A stook 127 128 1314 13211 134 136 98 100 E4} 65} at Do B do at Gt. S. and W. of lrelan at Great Western ...... st Do Str Val g - ua. stoci at Lancashire & Yorkshire at London and Blackwal st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast at Lon., Chat., and Dover at Lon. & North Western at Lon. & Scr.th Western at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 124 Dot shares... st Metropolitan at Midland 6.4.0 Do New 110 110i1 72 73 107 109 43 44 100} 1061 101 l 102 g 49 50 109 110 1281 )28t 16 lip 97 99 Do Birming. & Derby 3lid. Gt. W. of Irelane Do. 4 shares Mid Kept Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwioi. Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds 52i 63i 25 16 1021 I(3i 50 60 892 9)1 Do York Do Carlisle 'North London Do New 'North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot A. E. Aber. stock 123 128 1 2 p 78 79 11 11i 124 126 43 45 98 100 Do Scot Mid. stock Shrews, and Welchpooi Shropshire Union South Devon.. South Eastern 'South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,andWok. Stockton A; Darlington 53 64 33 St 95 esi 08 100 10 :04 a 8 39 Of 101 o 76 8 p 168 160 5 6 21 Si p Do Do New, 186 C ...... Taff Vale.. .... Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkennyl West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland --Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 3.14. BRITISH Pi Railways Itiantio 14z. St Lawrenct Born.,Baroda&.Cent Inc 9u. s , per cent... Do. New . ...... ..... Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Lft/iC Huron Do. Preterence Buffalo,Brant,&Godrieb 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 187:: Do. do. July 1, 187; Do. do. Juue 1, 181.4 Clcutta.m.S.Eastn. Cape Town &Dock Serif Eastn• Bengal fru • b n ' bast Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext.... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. dO. deferred...... l Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d P. ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do: do. deferred...... Gt.lndiaPentn.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. 0... Do. January, 1862 Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Sharet. Do. New . Do. 8 p.o. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77-8.. .. Indian Branch Limited Madras. guar., 5 p. o. Do. 4t p. c. Extension De. 44 d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Melb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c.. Mortg. Bds. Newlir urownek do Cando Class A and B .. N. Itl.C'dad pc Ist pt bds Soinde Do. Delhi Do. d 0...... „ 4 t f Do. Punjaub :•.:. 5 t Do. Do. Do. Indus. St. Flo COLONIAL GOVERIs op.c.J a. &J at; ' 1877-Si . Do. 6 p. c. leeb. & Do. 6 p:c. Mar. Sc Sept. ' Do. tp. c. Jan.&July. Do. 8 Inscribed stock Cape G. Hope, op 6,187:i Do.Ap Oct.& 1880 Do. 181 K Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6 p c , Mauritius 6 per cent Natal Gov. 6 per cent 'N.B.Gov. 6 p.o. J a.&July Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. G ov. 5 p :.,180 , Du. 5 p. c.,18t1 to 1b1( Do. d0.,1888 &upwde !New Zealand 6 p cent. ;Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gcv. 6 p. c b. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up Vio.Gov. Op.°. Ja.&July , Do. to 6 ma. An...SLOW,. 100 100 100 100 100 noi 1 83 86 170 175 22 25 ISIONS. Closing Prioe. 60 --- t2 104 105 i 1 p 4 1 p 6 6} 8i 9} 102 IC4 101 103 1061 1074 105 106 1 zoi 21i 73 75 59 61 66 68 53 56 61 03 41 (3 26 28 22 C 4 106 107 1 16 p 1 it p. 103 104 91 101 101 101 , 93 95 86 88 104 105 98 100 94 98 57 59 3 5 82 84 104 105 103 104 IP 103 lu4 100 102 1' SECUE 102 104 103 105 103 1( 5 91 i 2 90 92 106 108 109 111 109 111 108 110 110 112 104 106 1(8 110 1104 104 99 100 gg 103 99& 1001 1 107 109 103 105 109 111 1 109 111 lit BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 id ulifford Amalgamated 3 6 1 A7i Devon U. Cone. cravist ) 1 575 685 East Bassett (Illogan) 30 65 67 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd 52. Id par East Caradon ..... 1.14.6 27 28 271 1 East Cam Brea... 3.4.0 71 8 WI Russel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 41 51 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.; 581 8 10 Great South Tolgus 17s 41 41 G. Wheal Vor eleton 40 11 15 Grenville... 6.16.t' 46 5 Eler;:d's-Foot 8.12 97 39 llingston Downs 4.18.0 2/ 3} Lady Bertha Illargaret (tiny Lelant , 9k 19 21 Clarke Valley.. 4 Nlyndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 29 It 1 d New Setun l9l 90 100 - • North Downs 2l 11 11 1 N.Wh'l Basset (111 Nan 3.1.0 29 3 North Wheal Crofty Par Consols (R. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 44 46 South Caradon(St.Cleer, 19 425 935 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) — I S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 579 621 Stray Park 30.17.6 28 32 S ramar Silv.& Lead Min. 49 1 1 rin Crort 9 19 20 191 West Basset (Mogan) l9 11 12 W Cf radon (Liskeard) 5 20 2t West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 51 85 90 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 20 25 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudeott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 12 121 Wheal Beton 5Bl 150 160 151 Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) 7 23 24 Wheal Union 3.17 3 39 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Anglian, 5 per cent. A stock, -- Ditto, No. 1, 107 - Great Northern, 44 per cent., red. atilo per cent. pm., 105 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 6 per cent., 126 Midland 4} per cent. pf. stk. rd., 104 Stockton and Darling - ton, C 6 per cent., 33} PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, &e., 6 per cent. 2d pf., 73 London and S.-Western 4,} per cent., 105 North London, 4} per cent., 21 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 96 London and Chatham, 4} per Cent., 92 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 121 Anglo Austrian, 6 * Bank of Egypt, 261 6 Bank of New Zealand, 13i British and American Exchange (Um.), 19} 19 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and Cluna, Ditto, new, 18 Consolidated Bank, lim., 10/ English and Irish (Rm.), 8/ 9 8; English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 2n 31 European Bank, bin., 3 3 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lira.), 32 12 Imperial Bank (liin.); 25 Imperial Ottoman, 174 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 4/ London and Brazilian (lim.), 56i 6 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 27/ London and County, 62/ 1# 2 London and South American. lim., 7 / London and Westminster, 84 3i / 4 Merchant Bank, lim , 6/ Metrop. and Prov. Bank film.), 221 ; National Provincial of England. 130 Ditto, ditto, 31} 1 New South Wales, 52 / Oriental Bank Corporation. 59 61 592 Provincial of Ireland, 93 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (lim. l , Ditto, new, Standard of British South Africa (limo), 24/ Ditto (£25), 374 Union of London, 412 DOCKS. London, 721 3 St. Katharine, 71i Southampton, 6 MISCELLANEOUS. British Indian Tea, lim., 3 3 Discount Corporation, limited, 111 English and Australian Copper, t Gen. Crs dit and Finance 01 Lonuon, lira., 67, sE Hudson's Bay. 17 International Financial Society, Um., 91 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 83 Joint •stock Discount, tiu Ditto, new, 6C; London Finannal Association, 'lim.. 251 1 Mercantile Credit Association, lira., 8 National Discount Company, lim., a National Steam Navigation, lim., Ocean Marine (Insurance). 196 Peninsula and Or ieutal Steam, 7t) South Australian Laud, p Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), Um., Universal Marine (Um) Insurance, 51 [9.16.4! . MR, FALCONER'S POEMS, 2femories : the Bequest of my Boyhood. Poems. By Edmund Falconer. One vol., pp. 160. Tinsley Brothers. Versatility—whatever Sir Bulwer Lytton may say towards the tabooing of that word by means of one of the most ingenious arguments put forth, to that express end, in his " Caxtoniana"— Versatility is, beyond any doubt of it, the distin guishing peculiarity of the genius of Mr. Falconer. If ever the word is to be applied to any display of intellectual capacity whatever, it is to be applied in his instance. By whatever phrase you may call it, it is versatile. It is many-sided, it is ductile, plastic, elastic, admitting of all kinds of adaptations. Either the word ought to be swept out of the dictionary altogether, or it is quite allowably to be applied in an instance like that of this accomplished artist and gentleman. Comprehensive, his ability may be, in its scope, if you will ; but, in its manifestation, its chief characteristic appears to us to be quite as readily expressible by our talking of its versatility. Only a few weeks since, we had occasion to com ment upon the exceptional powers of a rarely gifted artist like Mr. Woolner : an artist so rarely gifted in his way, as to handle with equal skill, vigour, and refinement, the pen of the Poet or the chisel and mallet of the Sculptor. And, in criticising his charming love poem of "My beautiful Lady," we then spoke of the possibility, nay, if he would but so direct his po a ers in earnest, of the exceeding probability, of Mr. Woolner making for himself a reputation, in the future, if he cared but to make the attempt, equally well as a painter or as a musician. As it is, his verses glow with colour, while they and his sculpture alike are conspicuous for the harmony of their proportions—both the rhythm and the rhyme, moreover, in this sculptor's poem abounding with melody. But while we are hinting thus at pos sibilities, or even, we might say, probabilities, in regard to the Poet-Sculptor becoming, as well as a Poet and a Sculptor, a Painter and a Musician —here is an artist of a wholly different kind who has already made good his claims to be viewed, at one and the same time, as an Actor and as a Dramatist, as a Poet and as a Theatrical Manager. During several seasons the playgoing Londoners have recognised Mr. Falconer's powers as an Actor and as a Dramatist, and, in addition to that, during the last season or two, as theatrical manager also. His capabilities, in each of these characters, have all along been recognised as beyond the dead level of mere respectability. One of his pieces had such a" run," it will be remembered, as has not often been surpassed. He is now, moreover, joint lessee with Mr. Chatterton at Old Drury. A new drama of his fabrication was performed there for the first time as recently as Saturday evening last—with what success we shall elsewhere notify. Our object now is simply to specify no less distinctly the bril liant success achieved by Mr. Falconer—quite ex ceptionally, as it appears to us, among Actors—as a Lyrist. Already, we obserse, that our author-actor's name has been brought into comparison with those of Barton Booth and John Cunningham— Actors and Lyrists like himself. But judging him simply by his " Memories," Edmund Fal coner need not for one instant shrink from the comparison thus suggested. His poems are far beyond those either of Booth or of Cunningham. And this, not merely as viewed, here and there, in brief fragmentary passages. The sentiment of the whole work is expressed in the terse motto selected by Mr. Falconer for his title-page, from the master lyrist of Germany, perhaps of all Literature. " Never forget the dreams of your youth," is the tender, lovely, pathetic thought of Schiller, the thought here echoed with many graceful and touch ing variations in these " Memories " of Edmund Falconer. Although the contents of the little volume will be found comprised within the moderate compass of considerably less than two hundred pages, although the poems here collected together as the Bequest of the writer's Boyhood are scarcely more than seven in all, they give us ample taste of their author's quality. They are singularly various. They are written in all kinds of moods of an evi dently variable temperament. They include poignant Green Room Sketches—graceful Love Elegies—now a mere "Je ne sais quoi"— a love tryste—a Byronical phantasma—celebrations one while of Egeria, another of Helen, another of Virginia. Here is an exemplar of our author's skill in weaving a Sonnet apropos to Stella : Trifles in idle hours give grave debate, And so we argued wisely yesterday What colour'd eye made most for Love or Hate, The tender blue, the more impassioned gray ? The back one's luminous unchanging ray, The hazel's varied loveliness elate; Of conquest sure, and yet deep thoughted too, And beaming brown of every shade and hue. Each had an advocate, and each maintain'd His choice with learn'd and clerk-like argument : Lisrning to one you must have been content, But hcark'ning all, you ev e ry one disdained; To end the strife, I turned to Stella's eyes, And there all memory of a purpose dies. It was Bulwer who sang—years ago—in one of his loveliest ditties : "Those eyes, those eyes, how full of Heaven they are I " A refrain—how tenderly expressive of the tender ness 3f the tender passions l—from which, from the meaning of which at least, for the life of him, Mr. Falconer can seldom—if we may venture to say so —refrain ! Not only does he sing thus of Stella's eyes in his Sonnet above given, but another while he cries out in a sort of rapture, thus, about the eyes of Virginia— But oh! her deep and tranquil eyes, With lids that ever slowly rise, What words can image ? you should see, And then you'd learn to pity me Who, loving her, despair to win, Against myself my love a sin I Their beauty ne'er by passion blurr'd, A tender theme—a touching word Unlocks the fountains of her heart, But there delaying—loth to part, Gathering in light along their lines, The trembling tear-drop lovelier shines Than Earth's most rare and priceless gem Sparkling upon a sparry stem In stalactite or crystal cell, By Genii watch'd and guarded well, Making the light wherein they dwell. The gem of the book, however, as in truth such a theme should make it, when once selected thus ap propriately by a Poet• Actor, is the Ballad commemo rative of the Poet-Actor's beloved, his "espoused wife "—Anne Hathaway ! As affording the most readily a completer notion of the lyrical powers of Mr. Faiconer than anything else might do selected \from his pages—we gladly transfer to our columns entire the closing stanzas of this charming English lOve poem, aptly commemorative just now of the loves and lives of his WILL SHAKSPERE AND ANNE HATHAWAY. One evening in Autumn deep sadness came o'er As her pitcher she flail] in the well near the door, For an over-ripe apple she found by the brim, And she thought what a gift it had once been for him ; A drop speck d its bloom, and it came spite of "Nay," From thy heart, not the cold well, proud Anne Hathaway. It was warm, and spread over the fruit the rich dye Of a heart-mist exhaled by Love's roseate sky, Like gems on the pitcher the cold drops shone clear But the gem of all gems was that quick-wasting tear : She put up the apple to kiss it next day, "I must call in the children," said Anne Hathaway. She set down the pitcher and lean'd o'er the gate To tell the young truants their supper did wait; Susannah was spelling for Judith a book, And Hamet was paddling about in the brook ; And she saw near the bridge, just a stone's throw away, One who seem'd a great lord unto Anne Hathaway. His doublet and trunks were of velvet, that shone Like the mollow-green moss on an old coping -stone, A plume of white feathers his felt hat did grace, And his collar and ruffles were broad Flanders lace, With his buff boots and spurs ho look'd gallant and gay 2 Y e t ware tears in hi s o y es then, cold Anue Hathaway. Susannah stopp'd reading and bade Judith look, For Ilamet stood fast in the mud of the brook ; With his eyes wonder-iix'd, and his mouth open wide. The , t h e stranger advanced, and when close by Anne's side, Though his bearded lip quiver'd, did smilingly say, Will you give me an apple, dear Anne Hathaway ?" Anne started, and trembled, and look'd in his face Oh I could it be Willie's with majesty's grace ? Though it beau,'d youthful still, there the boy was no more, hack when sh e h eard Shakespeare For the full f ront of p owerand command it now wore; yo u know your own husband, dear Anne " Don't 11 0 4haway And:l,lye, shrankatraid 49i f 1271 1311 2 51 i 1 5 1101 i i 722 i 106,1 } f 1021 2 110 i 91 9 1281 IL} P 97 1021 Business done 105 4! 5 4i 106 51 ! IN} i 10 .ITIES. "'Tis my father," cried Susan, and sprung to his breast, From that moment ever beloved there the best, — But the others he call'd, and with hand and lip graced, And tenderly then their coy mother embraced ; " When I ask'd for an apple you never said ' Nay," But a kiss was a great gift from Anne Hathaway." He went o'er to Stratford the very next morn, And bought the great house where the Clopton was born; And rich lands round Welcomb he purchased right out, And a propertied gentleman was, past all doubt; And though the poor title his fame flouts to• day, Still, she married an:Esquire, did Anne Hathaway I Very cordially we may congratulate Mr. Falconer upon the publication of poetical effusions such as these—effusions that few need disdain to have had bequeathed from Boyhood to Manhood (the Child being Father of the Man, as Wordsworth has it, and therefore capable of making, thus, a distinct bequest), bequeathed, here, in the golden numbers rung out of the coinage of the author's brain in the shape of these same pure and virginal " memories." THE IMPARTIAL LEADER. No. I. Denis Love. —A new sixpenny monthly organ has been com menced. Its general character appears to be very ambitious. Its aim is to be of No Party. Truth is its idol. Its aspirations are at once political and literary. It is desirous of pleasing everybody, but we are very much afraid in this wish it is doomed to very considerable disappointment. EVENTS OF THE MONTH. Part I. J. and C. Mozley.—Another sixpenny monthly periodical, of a less ambitious kind. Also political, also literary. A carefully compiled, and so far useful, but, we grieve to add, somewhat dull epitome of facts in regard to the events of the month—events political, literary, scientific, and connected with matters of general information. THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS, The comparatively mild temperature which on Saturday succeeded to the frosty atmosphere and cutting winds that had prevailed daring the earlier portion of the week was so far m aintained on Sunday night that the mercury had fallen but four degrees in the thermometer at midnight. The highest point reached on Sunday was 40 degrees, or 8 above freezing point; the minimum temperature dating the night was 36 degrees, while the lowest point touched was 30 degrees. At nine o'clock yesterday morning Messrs. Negretti and Zsmbra's standard thermometer at the Royal Humane Society's re ceiving -house, Hyde-park, registered 36 degrees ; and at noon the mercury had risen to 45 degrees, or 5 above the highest point of yesterday. The wind blew in the morning from E.S.E. ; at noon it was almost due south; but it afterwards chopped round to south-east by east. At four o'clock the mercury fell to 40 degrees, and later in the evening the tem perature indicated was a shade lower than 39 deg.: Notwithstanding the dangerous condition of the ice on the Serpentine, and the unwearied exertions of the icemen of the Royal Humane Society, whose orders were to prevent all persons from venturing upon it, over 200 skaters pursued the sport yester day, and apparently with all the greeter zest that it was an enjoyment which, under the circumstances, prudence would have forbidden. They, however, disregarded all warning, and, being literally swift of foot, eluded the efforts made to remove them; A large number of boys, encouraged by the example of their seniors, crowded on the ice at various places. They were in one respect more easily dealt with, but they contrived to return to the frozen sur face at one point or another almost as soon as they were removed from it. Happily no serious casualty occurred during the day, and this the more to be wondered at from the "ragged" and honeycombed state of the ice. It is now little over two and a half inches in thickness, and, owing to the lines and cracks which intersect each other in every direction, resembles a monster skeleton map loosely put to gether, or a Chinese puzzle on a large scale. The ice on the Round Pond, near Kensington Palace, is of an average thickness of 4 inches, and the water being shallow except at one point, which is marked, and where the depth is about ten feet, the number of skaters and sliders was comparatively large, amounting during the entire day to over 300. A few skaters also ventured on the ice which covers the Long Water. Although not considered safe for a crowd, it is in a better condition than that on the Serpentine, being still 31 inches in thickness; that being, however, 2 inche© less than its average thick ness on Friday last: At Regent's and St. James's parks the ornamental waters are still frozen over; but the ice has thawed to such an extent that it is not in a fit state to resist the pressure of the numbers of persons who hastened to the parks yesterday with a view to engage in the sport of skating and sliding. The icemen were busily employed in keeping the ice clear, and full notice was given to the public that it was unsafe to venture upon it; but in the case of many urchins, who insisted on running into danger, the conclu sive argument of the rope's-end had to be resorted to. The skating season, so far, has been short and sharp. The sun set yesterday with what is under stood by the weatherwise as a "frosty appearance," and there are some who profess to be learned in such matters who predict that a return to extremely cold weather is at hand. Should such not be the case, however (and the weatherwise are sometimes otherwise), those who have looked forward to a long will, at least, have the con solation of knowing that the genial influence which run of sport on the ice prevents their anticipations being realised gives work labourer, and mitigates one of the many hardships h w e hic h thepoor have to endure. (Rom the Scotsman.) The weather on 15aturday was more genial than it had been for some days previous, the keenness of the frost being somewhat neutralised by the rays of the sun, which occasionally shone out brightly through the thick misty atmosphere. As was to be expected, the lochs proved the great centre of seekers. All day long crowds of people of all ranks of the community attraction for the pleasare. thronged the Drive between Edinburgh and Dud dingston, going to and returning from the ice; and the road towards midday presented an appearance matisveiety such as in ordinary circum stancesn in the greatest thoroughfares Carriages, o o f f bustle th e is a sne city.dld oa coaches, cabs, gigs, and other conveyances swelled the living tide that rolled d h s y pe A nt r a t t h n u rs r Seat, bearing thousands of skaters s rd an s to the ice, and at parts of the ro sh u h Pie and vehicles was so great a plogress of pedestrians. T och during the day was imposing and picturesque. From the hill somewhat : ne en thenw scene ata t crowd D to a impeded o d f i peopl e t o t it: e L strikingly and rising ground overlooking the ice thousands of ladies and gentlemen watched win keen interest the shifting and manifold phases )f the wintry pastimes in n a s 130 loch )elow. These they w ere exc iti ng , and afforded infinite amu seme nt to the onlookers. Here and there, within priv ile ged e nclosures swept clear appeared progress as upon a s the ed w d withskaters performed o mystic a w evolutions skill them conspicuous amo n g the motley thousands who sought recreation upon ever y part of the firm and compact expanse of ice. Hi gher up, towards the eastern end of the loch , ea g er, h igh - spirited curlers a t a veteran te ease ra and gran that made carried on their invigorating game in pr e sence of amused spectators, jest and laugh mingiiir, with the rumbling music of the stones as they slinswiftly from goal to goal. Occasionally dense crowds of boys pursuing the flying ball swept, whtlwind fashion, over different parts of the ice, now, t a seen from a distance, settling into a confused and udis tinguishable mass, and then, breaking up, seater iug into long, straggling files, and earr:ieg humorous terror into the hearts of nervous wd undisciplined skaters, who, without warning, lir pened to be enveloped in and carried away with tie rushing tide. Prominent in the changing scerc crowds of gaily-dressed ladies and gentlemen en. joyed with unflagging en ergies the healthy and exciting exercise of the slide, receiving with hearty good humour the little ac cidents and laughable contretemps to which the pas time not un frequently gave rise. These constituted the chief features of the sports; the minor episodes of the scene were almost innumerable, and a fforded endless gratifica tion to the beholder. The ice swarmed with skaters —skilled and unskilled, w oeful and ungraceful, whose fantastic and seemingly interminable ma nccuvres generally gave rise to admiration, but not unfrequentiy to uncontrollable mirth. Between -12 and 4 o'clock the number of people upon the loch could not have been less than 6,000 at one time ; and as crowds were continually arriving and de parting, the number who visited the ice throughout the day must have been between 12,000 and 15,000. During the two hours preceding twilight the sight which Duddingsten and the acclivities surrounding it presented was one that has been rarely seen in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh. The bold features of the neighbouring scenery, partially disclosed through the overhanging mist—the gay aspect of the crowds who watched the sports from the banks and from the carriages drawn up along the drive — the sharp, whirring sound of innumerable chairs driven at headlong pace by skaters over the ice, and bearing young ladies in swift flight across the loch—the varying aspects of the surface of the loch as the huge crowds skimmed and swayed to and fro upon its surface—the brilliant colours of the ladies' dresses; these combined with the noise and bustle everywhere prevalent, formed a panorama that was pleasant above measure to the eye to dwell upon. Nor did evening, which closed with a keen air and thick fog, wholly interrupt the progress of the sport. For hours after darkness fell adventurous skaters traversed the loch in all directions bearing torches, which, as seen from the upland overlooking Dad ningston, glared ruddy and wild through the thick misty atmosphere. Many lovers of the pastime, whom business prevented attending during the day, and not a few whose enthusiasm made them eager to make the most of the time while the frost lasted, remained on the loch till near midnight, steering their uncertain course over the ice by the aid of paper lanterns and other improvised helps to safety. The ice was very good throughout the day, and with the exceptio❑ of some concealed ruts that occasionally overthrew the unwary tyro, or taxed the good temper of the practised skater, there was little to complain of in its quality or condition. About an hour before dark the number of people who thronged the road leading citywards, on their return from the loch, was almost as large as the crowd that pours down to the Queen's Park to welcome her Majesty on her visits to Edinburgh. Notwithstanding the immense number of people on the ice during the day, we can say that only one accident occurred. Skaters—and their name is legion—will be sorry to learn that the healthy and invigorating exercise which they have enjoyed with such zest during the past week is likely for the present to be suspended. Early on Sunday morn ing a thaw set in accompanied with a gentle breeze, which sent the mercury up to 12 deg. above freezing point. On Sunday night the thermometer regis tered 43 deg., and there was a prospect of the mer cury rising still higher. There were two inches of water on Daddingston Loch on Sunday. CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE FRENCH EMPEROR'S LIFE. (From the Paris Correspondent of the Times.) The discovery of the conspiracy against the Em peror's life, mentioned in my letters of Thursday and Friday, has filled with consternation every one who has heard of it. The agents of this plot, which was to have been executed with circumstances of extraordinary atrocity are found. It was at first said that one of the party was a Belgian, and then a Pole. The circumstance of a Pole who was em ployed on the Northern railroad having been arrested in consequence of the last fatal accident on that line led to the mistake. It would now appear that the four are Italians; their names are Greco, Impera tori, Trabuco, and Saglio, otherwisecalled Marpholi. They were arrested in the afternoon of Sunday last. When they were examined before the Juge d'ln struction, Greco, who, it seems,was at the head of the band, unhesitatingly, and with audacious frankness, avowed his crime, affected to glory in having been employed to execute it, and regretted that he had not succeeded. If the disclosures made . by this man are to be trusted, it would appear that towards the end of September, or beginning of October last, he and his three accomplices were summoned to Lugano by Mazzini, with whom they had been for some time in correspondence. It was then and there arranged that they should proceed to Paris to assassinate the Emperor. Mazzini gave them four shells which he had received or brought from England ; four shells of a similar description which he had caused to be made at Genoa; four revolvers and four poinards. On leaving Lugano Mazzini gave him 4,000 f., telling him he was going to London to await the result of the attempt, and would then send him more money. He tit the same time left him the address of a person through whom he wa to write to him in case he wanted more funds. The address, in Mazzini's handwriting, was found on Greco's person. Among other papers was a copy of instructions from Mazzini written in cipher, and containing certain signs which he was to send him on the eve of the day the crime was to be at tempted. Mazzini also gave him two photographic portraits of himself, with his name at the bottom written in his own hand. Those papers were found in Greco's trousers, between the lining and and the cloth. There was also found in Greco's pocketbook a letter addressed by Imperatori to Mazzini, stating that, having heard of a plot for the murder of the Emperor, he claimed to be one of the party. Greco admitted that this letter had been handed to him at Lugano by Mazzini. It was on Christmas-day that the men bent on this mission of blood arrived in Paris. It was at first said that they had come direct from London to France; but it appears from the depositions that they entered the French territory from Switzerland, and with passports perfectly en regle, without a single flaw, which had been given them by the Swiss authorities. Each had two shells uncharged on his person. From the day of their arrival to that of their arrest they changed their lodging more than once in order to throw the poliee, whom they seemed to know were on the watch for them, off the scent. They did not all live together, but met in the day time to concert the means of carrying oat their object. Greco, who appeared to be as eager an approver as he had been a conspirator, related to the Judges every movement, every particular of himself and his accomplices since their coming to Paris. They had made a careful inspection of the approaches to the Operain the Rue Lepelletier, and of those of the other theatres which the Emperor was in the habit of visit - ing. They bad examined every piece which gave access to the. Palace of the Tuileries, and repeatedly visited the Bois de Boulogne when the Emperor went to skate. Their plan was that wherever, or whenever, the opportunity presented itself they were to throw their shells (said to be more destructive than those of Orsini) under his horses' feet, and at once rush on him and his attendants with their revolvers and poniards. Greco added that the poniards, which he had received from Mazzini, were poisoned, and it seems on examination that the points and blades are of a peculiar colour, as if they had been long steeped in some liquid. The conspirators, who declare that they w ere in constant correspondence with Mazzini, resoived to effect their purpose on Monday or Tuesday last at the Bois de Boulogne, On the previous Saturday the shells were loaded and everything prepared. They were, however, ont of money, having al ready spent the 4,000 f. Mazzini had given them in October. Their way of life contrasted strangely with the secret object on which they were bent. They had been constantly traced by the police, and from their frequent changes of domicile seemed to be perfectly aware of it, yet they acted as if they wished to give every facility to those who were so vigilantly watching them. They denied themselves no pleasure; they lived joyously, and a dinner for the four cost over 200:. They contemplated escaping from Paris after the perpetration of their crime ; but, as they had spent their money in orgies of every kind, they wrote to Mazzini, who is now in Lon don, for more. The Emperor had been kept ac t quainted with what was going on, but it did not prevent him from going cut as usual, and the )(Aloe, knowing that Monday or Tuesday was fixed for the attempt, made all sure by arresting the con siirators on Sunday evening. The money they had w itten for did not arrive the day they expected; but' hear that a letter, containing an order—some an y for 500 f., others for 4,oool—addressed to one of them, was intercepted on Saturday at the Post office. Had the funds arrived before Sunday they would, they said, have at once proceeded to action. Such in substance is the confession of Greco, and it is in all respects corroborated by his accomplices. The only one who has shown compunction for the crime in which he was to have a share,is Sag lio, alias Marpholi, a young man of two or three and twenty, and he declares that when matters came to the point he would have refused to act. Imperatori and Trabuco describe themselves as formerly belonging to the band of Garibaldi, as having taken part in the affair of Aspromonte when ho was wounded ; and both wore the Marsala medal. Trabuco, who had passed under another name, is said to have been tried and convicted in France for swindling, and in London for theft. Greco, the head of the party, was in a state of great excitement during his ex amination by the Juge d'lnstruction. He blas phemed, foamed at the mouth, cursed himself for having failed, and declared that there were others bound like himself by oath to complete the crime. The shells found at the house where they lodged are about the same siza as the Orsini ones, but some what differently shaped. Orsini's were in form like a pear; these are perfectly oval, and very thick, and instead of being charged with fulminating powder were filled with ordinary powder. The conspirators are now lodged in the prison of Mezas ; their pre liminary examination is not yet quite ended, and it is believed they will make further disclosures. Tra buco was seized at the door of his house on Sunday afternoon, Imperatori almost at the same moment while preparing to go out, and Greco and the other in another house in the Rue St. Honore. LONDON GAZETTE,—This Evening-, WAR OFFICE, DEC. 31. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Commissary-General-in-Chief Jobn William Smith, C. 8., to be an Oruinary Member of the Military Division of the Second Class, or Knights Com manders of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. WHITEHALL, JAN. 11. The Queen has been pleased to give and grant unto Captain Sir Adolphus Slade, of the Royal Navy, K.C.8., who is actually and entirely employed iu the service of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan, beyond the Queen's deral nions, and who in the year• 185 S received her Majesty's permission to accept and wear the Insignia of the Third Class of the Imperial Order of the Medjtdie, her Majesty's royal licence and authority that he may accept anu wear the Insignia of the Second Class of the said Imperial Order of the Medjidie,which the Sultan hath been pleased to con fer upon him. The Queen has been pleased to nominate the Rev. Sidney Henry Widdrington, M.A., to toe pe , petual curacy of the district parish of St. Mark, St. Marylebone, in the county of Middlesex, and diocese of London, void by the resignation of the Rev. Ashby Blair Haslewood. FOREIGN. OFFICE, JAN. 12. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Manuel do la Quintana as Vice-Consul at Liverpool for the Re public of Peru. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Senor Jorjo Dunlop to be Vice-Consul at Southampton for the United States of Colombia. DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 12, The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Foster Gresham, Esq., to be Chief Justice of the ',Lind of Grenada; and William Alexander George Young, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the Island of Vancouver. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 12, COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.—Commissary-General William James Tyrone Power, C. 13., to be Commissary- General•in-Chief, vice John W. Smith, C,8., retired. INDIA-OFFICE, JAN. 12. Her Majesty has been pleased to approve the undermen tioned promotions and alterations of rank amongst the Offi cers of the Staff Corps and of her Majesty's Indian Military Forces. MADRAS STAFF CORPS. To be Lieutenant-Colonels—Major Francis Greetharq licmpster and Major Alexander Robert Fraser. ➢fADRAS ARMY. 10th Native Infantry—Lieut. Robert Beaty to be Captain ; vice Mitcalfe, deceased. General List of Infantry Officers—Ensign Augustus Frederick Wilkinson to lie Lieutenant, vice Lee, .37th Native Infantry, deceased—Ensign George Leckey to be Lieutenant, in succession to Somerville, 26th Native In fantry, deceased. Medical Officers—Assistant-Surgeon Edward Dixon to be Surgeon, vice Hadwen, deceased—Assistant-Surgeon Jas. Cowper to be Surgeon, vice Scott, retired. BOMBAY STAFF CORPS. Admission—Captain Artnur Henry Curtis, of the 2d Native Infantry. Promotion—To be Major— Captain Arthur Henry Curtis. BOMBAY ARMY. Late 31st Native Infantry—Captain Montague John Battye to be Major—Lieutenant uharles Donald Macleod to be Captain, in succession to M'Culloch, retired. General List of Infantry Officers—Ensign Stanley Carter to be Lieutenant, in succession to Showell (23d Native In fantry), deceased—Ensign Harry Trevor Bulkley, to be Lieutenant, in succession to Taylor, 22d Native Infantry (Staff Corps), deceased. ADMIRALTY, JAN. H. In pursuance of her Majesty's pleasure, Admiral of the Red Sir Lucius Curtis, Bart., K.C.8., has this day been promoted to be Admiral of the Fleet; and in consequence thereof the following promotions, also dated this day, have taken place : Admiral of the White Sir Augustus 'William James Clif ford, Bart., C. 8., to be Admiral of the Red. Admiral of the Blue Sir Provo William Parry 'Wallis, K.C.8., to be Admiral of the White. Vice-Admirals The Right Hon. Charles Lord Colchester and 'William Keats, on 'the Reserved List, to be Admirals on the same List. Vice-Admiral of the lied Sir Henry John Leeke, 1i.C.8., K.H., to be Admiral of the Blue. ViCe-Admiral of the Whita John Alex. Duntze to be Vice-Admiral of the Red. Vice-Admiral of the Blue Henry Wolsey Bayficld to be Vice-Admiral of the White. _ _ Rear-Admirals--Sir Wm. Dickson, Bart., and William Sydney Smith, oil the Reserved List, to be Vice-Admirals on the same List. Rear-Admiral of the Red the Hon. Sir Henry Keppel, K.C.8., to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White Robert Spencer Robinson to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue George Ramsay, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the White. Captain Sir George Graham Otway, Bart., and Captain Sir Andrew Snape Hamond, Bart., to be Rear-Admirals on the Reserved List. Captain the Hon. James Robert Drummond, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. Retired Rear-Admiral Henry Ommanney Love to be Re tired Vice-Admiral, in pursuance of tho Order in Council of the 7th May, ISSS. Course of the Exchange—This Day. - Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 14, 11 17i 11 0 11 0 Antwerp Brussels 25 C2i 25 62i: 25 671 25 6% 13 S Hamburgh — 13 7} Paris Ditto .. 3 Mouths ; 25 70 Marseilles 25 30 25 75 25 75 113; 12 43 12 50 33a Frankfort on Maine Vienna 119 12 37 Trieste Petersburgh Berlin Madrid ...... Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina 12 40 47! 471 25 821 25 821 25 821 25 821 25 85 25 85 52$ 521 481 `2,5 872 25 87t 25 871 25 871 25 96 25 9d 52,1 Lisbon Oporto...- Annual Return of Fires and Lives Saved. On Saturday Captain Shaw and Mr. Sampson Low, of the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, produced their annual reports, which were laid before the committees of the Lon don Fire Brigade, and also the Royal Society. Each report is very voluminous, but the following may be taken as a summary of the two institu tions, clearly showing that both have been of great good to the public, not only in extinguishing fires, but also in saving lives. Captain Shaw states that the total number of calls received during the year 1863 had been 1,624. Of that number 81 were false alarms. 139 proved to be only chimney alarms, and 1,404 were fires, of which 39 resulted in total de struction of building, &c,, 310 serious damage, and 1,055 in slight damage. The fires of 1863, com pared with those of 1862, show an increase of 101 ; and compared with the average of the previous 30 years, the increase is 582. The totally destroyed list, 39, compared with that of 1862, shows an in crease in number of 6; but compared with the average proportion of the previous 30 years there is a decrease of 9. Of the buildings de stroyed, 4 were over 2 miles from the nearest station, 7 were over 3 miles, 1 over 5 miles, 2 over 6, 2 over 7, 1 over 8, 1 over 11, and 1 over 12 miles. Of the 39, 18 were completely alight, and 16 others burned down before the arrival of the engines; but the losses are for the most part trifling compared with the fires of former years. During the past year the telegraph has been extended from the foremen's station:, to those in their respective districts, thus completing the communication throughout the establishment, from the chief station to those most remote in Ratcliff, Baker-street, Westminster, and Rotherhithe respec tively. Every line is complete in itself, with a dial or alphabetical instrument at each end ; thus a stop page or break in any oneline does not interfere with the several communications, which would be the case if several stations were on one current. From Watling-street, at any moment (Capt. Shaw says), he can be placed in direct communication with any station, thus avoiding the delay caused by repeat ing messages at an intermediate point. A saving is thus effected in the time and labour of the men, as compared with the old system of running to the calls, and stops from station to station. The land steam engines continua to render valuable aid at all fires, large or small. These machines have been considerably improved during the past year, and are now adapted to throw jets of water of every size, from a quarter of an inch to an inch and a half. The property saved by thosp machines has been upwards of a thousand per cent. Notwith standing the number of fires, wholly unparalleled either here or elsewhere, the labours of all ranks in the establishment, however severe, have since the adoption of steam and telegraph communication, become decidedly less arduous than in former years, when the number of fires was less. Notwithstand ing the greatly-increased number of fires, the list of casualties for 1863 is five less than of the previous year. The remainder of the captain's return gives an alphabetical list of the trades carried on by various tradesmen, but they differ little from the report cf former years. Mr. Sampson Low, the secretary of the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, in his return, stated that during the quarter ending the 3lat March, 194 fires were attended by the escapes and conductors, and the lives of 10 persons were rescued. Daring the quarter ending June 30, 143 fires were attended, and the lives of 7 persons res.. cued. During the quarter ending Sept. 30, 155 fires were attended, and the lives of 16 persons rescued. During the quarter ending December 31, 178 fires were attended, and the lives of 41 persons rescued. The entire number of fires thus attended by the Royal Society's fire escapes and conductors daring the year 1863, was 670; a number that may be considered as representing the whole of the Lon don fires of the year, as the society's stations have been so augmented as to maintain one for every square of a quarter of a mile (with now very few intervening localities) throughout the metropolis; and the number of lives saved by the exertions of the conductors at these fires was 74. The society's new stations established during the year are at Pentonville-road, St. John's-wood, Maida..hill, and High-street, Shadwell. These additions make the number of the society's stations 84. The fire-escape brigade consists of 84 conductors on full pay, 6 supernumeraries, and 4 inspectors; the whole force being in a state of great Efficiency, and the men are practised in their duties in rescuing lives from danger. MARKETS--This Day. HAY MARKZTS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 lOs per load. Trado slow. CUMBERLAND.—Mea4OW hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs Od ; clover £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £lss to £1 10s per load A slow demand. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4los Od ; clover ; £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 lOs per load. Trade inactive. COLONIAL. TEA.—Business has been very inactive, and the few deal ings entered into have been at about previous quotations. SUGA.R.—The market has remained dull, but holders still demand lull rates for superior descriptions of West India. In the refined market there is no material change to record in prices. COFFEE.—There has been a fair inquiry for colonial de scriptions, and late prices are well sustained. RICE.—A better demand has been experienced for ex portation, and prices have generally shown an upward movement. TALLOW.—The market has exhibited no material change, a steady business having been done in " sorts " for home consumption, at about previous rates. P.Y.C. on the spot quoted, new, 41s 9d to 425; old, 41s 3d ; March delivery, 42s 9d to 4ss; and last three months, 45s per cwt. EXETER HALL.—The National Choral Society will shortly give a grand performance of Mendelssohn's oratorio, "Elijah." Principal vocalists—Madame Ruders dorff, Miss Emma Haywood, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Mr. Santley. Organist—Mr, John G. Boardman. The band and chorus will consist of 700 performers. The whole under the direction of Mr. G. W. Martin. NEW SPIRITUAL PEER.—In consequence of the death of the Bishop of Ely, the Right Rev. Dr. C. J. Elli cott, Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, will be entitled to take his seat in the House of Lords at the commencement of the next session of Parliament. The new Bishop of Ely will not be entitled to a seat in Parliament until a vacancy arises it a diocese other than Canterbury, York, Landon, Durham, or Winchester. THE FIRST VOLUME OF THE MEMOIRS 0 WEBEU, by his son, hds appeared. - - - REMOVAL OF TOWNLEY.—Yesterday morning George Victor Townley, the murderer of Miss Goodwin, was removed from Derby gaol to St. George's-ba the-Fields Criminal Lunatic Asylum, London. The mur derer was conveyed in a cab to Spondon station, three miles from Derby, and the noon express train to King's-cross stopped at Spondon station to take him up. Re was accom panied by two warders. FOURTH EDITION. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PASII 4 o'CLoc: RUSSIA. A rumour has been current at Vienna, says the Independance Be'fie, that Russia had proposed to the Powers to hold a conference at Copenh?.?, en, for the arrangement of the Dano-Germanic dispute. That statement is not correct. Russia has up to the present time maintained a very reserved, but not an indifferent attitude. In fact we learn from Vienva that she intends, if the Treaty of London should be invalidated by the decisions of the Frankfort Diet, to assert her rights to the territories which revert to the branch of Gottorp, and which inc_ude The port of Kiel. THIRD EDIT2ON SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 7 o'CLocK. BANKRUPTS The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette : William Brown. Baker, Southwark John Hunston Blockey, commission agent, Clapham Joseph Bentham, merchant, Bradford James WE7oy, accountant, Manchester Henry Stanton, commercial traveller, Charterhouse, square.'ho mas P. Smith, licensed victuller, Brooke-street : Holborn Thomas Harris, builder, St. Giles's Owen Bailey, publisher, Camden Town John Angel Leech, draper, Islington James Archer, blood drier, King's-cross BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Young King, horse trainer, Stockbridge, Hants Charles Wing, corn dealer, Greenwich SCO NH BANKRUPTS. W. Rigg and Co., manufacturers, Campsio Clark, Thomas, and Co, furniture dealers, Montrose David Jamieson, auctioneer, Edinburgh Scott and Laing, masons, Guildton Archibald Hodge, mill master, near Edinburgh John Hyslop, wareh o us eman , Glasgow George Allan, baker, Cumbernauld John Skinner, seedaman, llawick SHLPPING—This Day. LONDON, Jan. 12.—Wind this day at noon—Ea:it ; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather. QuEErtsTows, Jail. 10.—Arrived —King Bird, from St, John's, N.B. SHEERNESS, Jan. 11.—Wind N.B.—Arrived—Bear, of Sunderland, with loss of anchor turd chains, and damage to port bow. SWANSEA, Jan. 10.—Wind li.E.—Sailed—Mury Ann Johnson, for Caldera. PLYMOUTII, Jau. 11.—Wiud S.E.—Arrived—Wellesley, from London fur Melbotuue. CRY S TAL PALACE.—An expeciment tool: place yesterday at the Crystal Palace in the Exhibition Department of a new propelling machine. for which patents have been taken for Russia and Poland, The inventor is M. Casimir Noel, of Mean; of France. The object of the apparatus is to facilitate the transport of passengers and goods. It is wzzlred by a combination of doublb-acting levers, which are ret in motion by the displacement of the load weight. A barrow loaded with a weight of GOOlb. is easily moved by a child of 1 0 years of age, which under other circumstances a powerful man could not move. Fur ther experiments will take place to prove the practica 11 . ity of the invention, One Shilling Day, Monday, Jan. 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